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Old English · noun

binn

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/binn/
[bin]
Syllables
binn (1 syllable)
Modern English
stallbincribmanger

Meaning

  1. stall

  2. manger, crib, basket

    Ond on þone ylcan dæġ Crīst ġerēorde fīf þūsenda wera of fīf hlāfum ond of twām fisċum, ēac wīfum ond ċildum, þāra wæs unġerīm, ond þāra hlāfġebroca wæs tō lāfe twelf binna fulle.

    And on the same day, Christ fed five thousand men and numerous women and children with five loaves of bread and two fishes, and the remaining fragments of bread filled twelve baskets.

    late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

Declension

Declension of binn
SingularPlural
Nominative binnbinnabinne
Accusative binnebinnabinne
Genitive binnebinna
Dative binnebinnum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Late Latin benna, its Celtic source, or a cognate in another Celtic language, possibly Proto-Brythonic *benn (“cart, carriage”) (whence Middle Welsh benn, modern Welsh ben), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Gaulish benna).

Descendants

bin

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